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How a decency law protects online prostitution ads

GCN.comSeptember 1, 2011

National Association of Attorneys General President Rob McKenna said Backpage.com is hiding behind the Communications Decency Act of 1996, which seeks to balance child protection with an open Internet and limits liability for third-party content on ...more »

Authorities: Fugitive wanted on child porn charges was living in Jersey City

The Jersey Journal - NJ.comSeptember 2, 2011

1, 2009 after one of Bell's underage sex trafficking victims told Sheriff's Office child protection investigators her horrific story. According to authorities, the girl told police that Bell used his prostitutes to lure her to his residence, ...more »

State Child Protection. News and Stories

The proposed revision to the "Act on Punishment of Activities Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children" would make it illegal to own, buy, sell, or possess child pornography in anime, manga, and video games, ...more »

But when they realize they may have failed to follow the mandatory child abuse reporting laws and there are signs of real abuse and neglect that had been pointed out to them, they will turn on the party that may push for disciplinary action against ...more »

Tending grandsons and schools

Washington Post (blog)September 30, 2011

Stephanie Germeraad of The Education Trust, a Washington-based group that supported No Child Left Behind, listed for me achievement improvements since the law took effect, but made the appropriate disclaimer: “We can't claim that NCLB caused those ...more »

Body Shop founder's legacy

Stuff.co.nzSeptember 30, 2011

Four years after her death, a campaign sparked by Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has had surprising success in getting governments to agree to toughen up child protection laws, the campaign's manager Christopher Davis said in an interview. ...more »

Abuse alarm

Fiji TimesSeptember 29, 2011

Mr Sami said this was mainly because of the new laws put in place for the protection of children. Mr Sami said the Ministry of Social Welfare had statutory responsibilities for child protection under the Adoption and Infants Act, Juveniles Act, ...more »

Body Shop Founder's Legacy: Laws to Protect Kids

Fox BusinessSeptember 29, 2011

September 29, 2011 – Four years after her death, a campaign sparked by Body Shop founder Anita Roddick has had surprising success in getting governments to agree to toughen up child protection laws, the campaign's manager Christopher Davis said in an ...more »

Swan told CP that the Hickman case is just one of several other child abuse through religion cases that occur every year because of lenient religion laws. “Idaho is a terrible example, Swan said. Not only does Idaho allow parents to refuse medical care ...more »

Legislators Will Consider Caylee Anthony Child Protection Law

Public News ServiceSeptember 29, 2011

It's best, Negron says, if lawmakers don't get too emotional about the legislation because it could lead to unintended consequences. However, he says there are clear-cut examples of neglect of a child that might require new legislation. ...more »

More laws than we need

Tbo.comSeptember 28, 2011

The stance that gun owners are so fragile that they need protection from questions about child safety is silly. This was a clear case of legislators making laws solely for political purposes. The law requiring the drug testing of welfare applicants is ...more »

Christian College Students Lead Congress Call-in Campaign Against Child Slavery

Christian PostSeptember 28, 2011

Christian college students at two universities led a live webcast campaign Tuesday that resulted in more than 2400 people calling Congress members to voice their support of victim protection laws against child...more »

Police personnel prepared on child related issues

Nagaland PostSeptember 27, 2011

She highlighted that the Juvenile Justice System aimed at rehabilitation and social integration and designed to address juveniles in conflict with law and children in need of care and protection. She also emphasized on the principles involving JJ Act ...more »

UN Takes on Child Porn, Cybercrime and Other Global Issues

Huffington PostSeptember 27, 2011

I'm not sure what will be accomplished at the three day conference, but it's an opportunity for "multi-stakeholders" from around the world to talk about important Internet-related issues such as child protection, cybercrime, privacy, censorship, ...more »

Jewelers want states to replace limits on cadmium

BusinessWeekSeptember 27, 2011

The US jewelry industry wants states to overturn laws that limit the toxic metal cadmium in children's trinkets and adopt new voluntary guidelines it helped create, saying stricter rules in several states create chaos for ...more »

County workers shun new sex offender rules

Chicago Daily HeraldSeptember 27, 2011

States failing to comply with the Adam Walsh law lose 10 percent of the money they now receive from the federal Edward Byrne Memorial Grant Program. That money can be used by states and local communities for a variety of law enforcement needs. ...more »

Article 37 (b) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child states that “No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used ...more »